skin test today (didn't like at all)
took my son to he's allergic Dr. today they did a skin test witch I though they were gonna rub certain stuff on he's skin to see what he's allergic too. boy was I wrong they did 20 pokes on he's back and at every little test had a thing to poke into the skin to get to he's blood. my son was crying and I was mad didn't like this test at all but I knew it had to b done well out of 20 he reacted to 9 well get the results on the 1st with the blood work results too here's some pics of he's back
my lil guy
my lil guy
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Your doctor didn't tell you about the test?
I was able to find out all of my son's allergies and in tolerances, got those out of my diet and his and he improved almost a 100 percent. I say almost because we occasionally have an accidental ingestion of an offending food. Mainly when something is cross contaminated.
I hope your lo begins to improve now. It's not easy seeing them not feeling well and having to pretty much play detective and figure out what all is causing the problems.
@perly I know right and very glad its done already
@smcox four months what made u guys test? yours was done different that's wierd
If you are bf then yes you need to go completely dairy free. Even hidden dairy and beef until all symptoms are gone, then retry beef. (since my lo is allergic to the actual protein he can't even eat beef.)
When I'm on the computer later I'll send you a link of a list of all hidden dairy since it goes under many different names. I had to cary it around with me for a while.
And I'll also provide a link of the muscle testing.
It will sound very strange and unbelievable on how it works. And I was a huge skeptic. But I tried it, andit wworked soo much better then anything else. It didn't harm him in anyway. And I can have him retested every few months to see if he out grows anything. Which he has some. He had a huge list of allergies.
here is a link giving a simple explanation on how it works, along with its name, Applied Kinesiology. You will find articles both saying it works, and that its a crock and scam. I wasn't expecting anything from it, but was so desperate at the time that I was willing to try anything. Our Pedi had failed us, our GI specialist was a waist of time and lots of money, and we couldn't get to see an allergist because our pedi was convinced that he was allergic to my actual breast milk and wanted me to put him on formula. ... yeah... that is so far from the truth if you pedi ever says that then find a new one. That is one thing they test for when the baby is born with the heel prick. Its a very rare condition. I knew my son was just reacting to foods that I was eating but was getting no help with how to find out which ones. I went on the TED diet (total elimination) and still he was having horrible reactions. A long long list of reactions, the worst was the blood in his poop.
I broke down crying to my friend, who was also my doula, and she recommended her chiropractor (who is now ours) who does the muscle testing. And we went. Turns out, he was allergic to the oats I was eating in oat meal, along with a huge list of other things. Once I took the oats out, he started to clear up right away (I had already taken dairy, soy and a whole lot of other stuff out). So, seeing it work with my own eyes, and actually getting the help for my son that he needed, made me a believer. We just did some testing yesterday and he still comes up for Dairy, soy and gluten. But his long long list of other foods have all gone away.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/199538-muscle-testing-for-allergies/
here is a list of hidden dairy, Casein is a big big big trigger for dairy allergies so definitely keep an eye our for Casein.
Also remember, Dairy and Soy proteins both can linger in the body for several weeks, so it might take a week or two before seeing any results.
http://www.kellymom.com/store/freehandouts/hidden-dairy01.pdf
Is he gassy? How is his poop? Does he have eczema? Is he fussy? Is he often congested with a lot of mucus or seems to get colds and ear infections a lot? Does he spit up a lot? Does he get a lot of diaper rashes?
If yes to any of those (and those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head) than I would say take the dairy out. If he is truly having issues with dairy outside of breast milk then he is probably having reactions to what you are eating. It just might not be so obvious